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Engraved Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1798-1803

GUSN

GUSN-103925

Description

Bust length profile portrait of man facing right wearing a coat and white shirt, mounted in a wood frame with twisted rope border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
glass (material)
Print

Inscription

Front: "Drawn engrd. by St. Memin Philadel . a" Back: "Maj Roger Alden / Born 1748 / Died 1836 / Presented to / Maj Judah Alden / St. Memin" (Printed and pencil)

Associated Person

Alden, Roger, 1748-1836

Additional Identification Number

3660

Maker

Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de (French painter and printmaker, 1770-1852) (Engraver)

Location of Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 5/8 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1967.139

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